Combined davenport and billiard-table.



A. P. HJORT.

COMBINED DAVENPORT AND BILLIARD TABLE.

APPLICATION FILED DBO. 27, 1910. 1,077,276. Patented Nov. 4, 19 13.

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APPLIOATION FILED DEC. 27, 1910.

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APPLICATION IILED DEC. 27, 1910. 1,077,276. Patented Nov. 4, 1913.

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AXEL F. I-IJORT, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR, TO THE BRUNSWICK-BALKE- COLLENDEB. (10., OF CHICAGO, ILLINGIS, A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE.

COIVIBINEI) DAVENPORT AND BILLIARD TABLE.

To all whomz'if may concern:

Be it known that I, AxEL F. HJORT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Davenports and Billiard-Tables, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a combined davenport and-billiard table so constructed andadapted that the billiard table top may be disposed in a horizontal plane for playing purposes or in a vertical plane to form the: back rest of a davenport in which position the article of furniture may be slid back against the wall and used as an ordinary da-venport.

The top of a billiard table is necessarily quite heavy owing to the slate or other similar thick heavy material which forms the body thereof, and in order that such a heavy top may be readily tilted from vertical to horizontal position and vice versa, it is essential that it be substantially balanced on its supports.

It is, therefore, one of the objects of the present invention to so mount the table top that it will be practically balanced during its tilting movements with the result that very little effort or force need to be exerted to convert the device from a davenport into a billiard table or vice versa whenever it may be so desired. 1

A further object of my invention is to so mount the arm rests of the davenport thatthey will, when in normal position, conceal the table supporting and balancing means, the fastening means for the rests, however,

being so constructed that the rests may be folded down upon the seat of the davenport to permit the table to be tilted to horizontal Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 27, 1910.

Patented Nov. 4, 1913.

Serial No. 599,263.

ing broken away to disclose certain details of construction. Fig. 4 is a sectional elevation substantially on the line l4 of Fig. 2, the arm rests being removed. Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 4 showing the arm rests in elevated position. Fig. 6 is a plan View showing the arm rests as folded down; and Fig. 7 is a view similar to Fig. 6 showing the arm rests. as pushed'back upon the davenport seat. Fig. 8 is a detail view of the link connection between the table top and one of the end members, and showing the position thereof when the device is used as a davenport. Fig. 9 is a fragmentary side elevation of the link connection with the table top in tilted position. Fig. 10 is a fragmentary perspective View of a detail.

On the drawings 10 designates the pedestal or base ofthe device. suitably supported upon casters or rollers 11 and carrying the supporting or end members 12, the seat 13 being fixedly secured ateither end to said supporting members and resting between its ends upon suitable sills or lintels 141.

The table top 15 comprises the usual floor 16 and cushions 17 and has secured to its bottom near each end thereof, a bar or cast member 18 which extends in either direction beyond the longitudinal axis of the table top. Bothends of the device are substantially similar so a detail description of the mechanism at 'one end only will be suflicient for an understanding of the invention. A

straight link 19 is pivotally connected at 20 to the lower or rear end of the bar 18 and is pivoted at 21 near the top of the supporting member 12 which, as clearly shown in Figs. 4cand 5, is partially cut away at its upper end to accommodate the table supporting mechanism. To the other end of the bar 18 a second link 22 is pivoted at 23.

By reference to Fig. 8 of the drawings, it

will be seen that the links 18 and 19 are disposed in different vertical planes, where by they may lie in crossed relatlon at all timesas indicated in Figs'S, 4: and 9. The

bar 18 may be a channel iron, as indicated inzthe drawings, and the ends of the links which are connected to the bar may belaterally enlarged or provided with hubs, one of such enlargements or hubs being shown at 23, in Fig. 8, at the upper end of the link 22, whereby the links will beheld in their proper lateral relation with respect to one another. On the end member 12, below the link 19, is a boss 25, which constitutes a stop to limit the downward movement of the link 19. The link 22 has a segment or curved portion at its lower end, and said segment is provided with an arcuate slot 24 through which extends a headed pivot pin or stud 25 projecting laterally from the boss 25.

The table top during its tilting movements from vertical to horizontal position and vice versa, is carried and supported by the links 19 and 22 and the crossed relation of said links and their connection to the table top at either side of its longitudinal axis serves to effectually balance the table top during its tilting movements, so that a minimum amount of force is necessary to effect the tilting movements. It will be evident that when the table begins to tilt from vertical toward horizontal position the lower end of the link 22 will slide upon the pin 25 until the upper end of the slot 24 engages therewith, whereupon the table top will be supported and balanced by both links, and as further tilting movement takes place the rear side of the table top will be gradually elevated by the link 19 as the forward side is lowered by the link 22.

in adj ust-ing device 26 is pivotally mounted at 27 upon the end support 12 and a similar adjusting device 28 is adapted to be positioned upon the forward end of the supporting member. These adjusting devices work upon the principle of a small jackscrew and after the table has been brought to substantially horizontal position it may be leveled by raising or lowering the various corners thereof through the instrumentality of the adjusting devices. A small bearing socket 29 may be provided, if desired, in which the upper end of the adjusting device 28 is adapted to work.

An arm rest 30 is adapted to be positioned upon the upper end of the supporting member 12 when the table top is in vertical inoperative position and said rest is provided with an upwardly extending portion 31 which is adapted to fit over and conceal the links 19 and 22 when the rest is in operative position, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Links 32 and 33 are pivotally connected at 34 and 35, respectively, with the rest 30, the other ends of the links being pivotally connected at 36 and 37 with hinges 38 and 39, respectively, secured to the end of the seat 13 which is mortised into the supporting member 12. When the arm rest is in normal position as shown in Fig. 1, the upper ends of the links 32 and 33 are inclined rearwardly and the rest fits snugly against the top of the supporting member 12 and the lower face of the vertically disposed table top, completely inclosing and concealing the various mechanisms carried by the end supporting memher. It is obvious, of course, that the arm rest must be displaced in order to permit the table top to be tilted to horizontal position. In order to place the arm out of the way it is first pulled forwardly to the position shown in Fig. 5, so that the links are disposed in a substantially vertical plane, further forward movement of the rest being prevented by engagement of the link 33 with a block 40 carried by the rest. When the rest has been moved to this position it is free from engagement with the links 19 and 22 and the hinges 38 and 39 permit it to fold down against the seat 13, as shown in Fig. 6. It may then be pushed backwardly on the seat into the position shown in Fig. 7, where it remains until the device is to be again used as a davenport. This disposition of the rest permits the table top to be tilted to horizontal position for playing purposes, and when the table is returned to vertical position and the device is to be used as a davenport the rest not only performs the function of an ordinary arm rest on a davcnport but serves furthermore, to conceal the mechanical parts carried by the end support 12 and serves as a lock to prevent accidental forward tilting of the upper edge of the table top.

When the device is to be used as a billiard table it is necessary that it be secured to the floor so that it will not roll about on its casters should it be accidentally bumped or jarred by the players. In order to prevent movement of the device relatively to the floor, I have provided a stop 41 which is yieldingly urged into engagement with the floor by an expansion spring 42 disposed in asocket in the base 10. An operating rod 43 attached to the stop 41 extends upwardly through the end support 12 and has pivotally mounted at its upper end a camshaped operating device 44 equipped with an operating handle 45. A plate 46 is preferably mounted upon the top of the end support through which the rod 43 projects. When the cam member 44 is in the position shown in Figs. 3 and 4, the stop 41 is yieldingly forced into engagement with the floor thereby preventing movement of the device relatively to the floor. When it is desired to move the device the handle 45 may be turned in vertical position thereby elevating the stop from the floor, as shown in Fig. 1. The apparatus may then be wheeled about to the desired location and again locked to the floor if desired.

It will be obvious that the construction as shown and described is not only a useful article of furniture capable of employment either as a davenport or a billiard table but that it also in addition to its mechanical advantages possesses certain artistic merit.

The device is easily and quickly converted from a davenport to a billiard table and vice versa and the table is so delicately mounted that but very slight effort is necessary to effect its tilting.

eral proportion and arrangement of the-various parts may be varied widely within the scope of tlns invention wlthout departing from the spirit thereof or sacrificing any of. its material advantages, and therefore it will be understood that the invention is not limited in its scope to-the embodiment shown in the drawings which was selected merely for the purposes of illustration.

I claim:

1. In a combined: davenport and billiard table, the combination of a davenport seat,

supporting end. members therefor, a table top, links connecting said top wlth saidend.

members whereby the table may be tilted from vertical to horizontal posltlon, arm rests, and means for connecting said arm rests to said end members whereby the arm rests may be disposedupon said end members in position to conceal said links when the table top is in vertical position and folded down against said seat when the table top is in horizontal position.

2. In a combined davenport and billiard table, the combination of supporting end members, a table top pivot-ally mounted thereon, arm rests, links pivotally connected at one end to said rests and hinged at their other end to said supporting members whereby said rests may be disposed in operative position upon saidsupporting members and against the vertical face of said table top or folded into horizontal position beneath said table top.

3. I11 a convertible davenport and billiard table, the combination of a supporting end member, an arm rest, hinges mounted on said supporting member, links connecting said arm rest with said hinges, said links permitting a limited forward and backward movement of the arm rest relatively to the supporting member in a vertical plane and said hinges permitting said arm rest to be folded in a horizontal plane.

4. In a combined davenport and billiard table the combination of end members, a seat connecting the end members, a top member adapted to rest upon the tops of the end members to form a table top and to lie in a vertical position against the rear edges of the end members to form a back for the davenport, a link pivoted at one end to one of the end members and at its opposite end to the table top at one side of the longitudinal axis thereof, a second link crossing the first mentioned link and pivoted at one end to the table top at the opposite side of the longitudinal axis thereof, the other end of said second link having a slidable and pivotal connection with the end member, said second link having a slidmovement upon its pivot during the initial tilting ofthe table top and a pivotal movement thereafter. The details of construction and the gen- .5. In a combined davenport and billiard table, the combination of end members, a

seat connecting said end .members, a top member; adaptedvto rest upon. the tops of: the

,end members to form a table top and to lie in a vertical posit-ionagainst the rear edges of the end: membersto form; a back for the davenport, a; link pivoted at. one end to one oft'hez end; members and at its opposite end.

longitudinal axis thereof, the other end, of SitlCl link having a slot and pin connection with the end member whereby said link is fulcrumed on the end member during a portion of its movement and slidably connected therewith during another portion of its movement.

6. In a combined davenport and billiard table, the combination of a davenport seat, supporting end members fixed thereto, a table top, a bar fixed to the bottom of said top adjacent each end thereof, a link pivotally connected with one end of each of said bars and also pivotally connected with an end member, a second link of greaterlength than said first link pivoted to the other end of each of said bars, said link being curved at the other end and provided with an elongated slot, a pin passedthrough said slot and connecting said curved end with an end member, said links being arranged in crossed relation whereby when said table top is tilted from vertical to horizontal position the weight thereof is supported primarily by said curved link and by the cooperation of said links is balanced during its tilting movement.

7. In a combined davenport and billiard table, the combination of end supports, a table top, a pair of straight links pivoted to said table top and to said supports adjacent their forward edges, a second pair of links pivoted to said taple top and having a lost motion connection with said supports near the rear edges thereof, the ends of said second pair of links connected with the support being curved and provided with a curved slot affording the lost motion connection and said links being arranged in crossed relation whereby to balance the table during its tilting movement between horizontal and vertical positions.

8. In a combined davenport and billiard table, the combination of end supports, a pair of straight links and a pair of curved links attached to said supports, a table top mounted upon said links, arm rests adapted to normally conceal said links when the table top is in vertical position, and means securing said arm rests to the supports so that said rests may be moved transversely of the supports away from said links and then turned down into horizontal position beneath the table top.

9. In a combined davenport and billiard table, the combination of a seat, supports therefor, a table top, a pair of links pivotally connected with said top near each end thereof, one link of each pair being pivotally connected With a support and the other link being provided With a curved slot affording a lost motion connection With said support, arm rests adapted to conceal said links when the table top is in vertical position. links pivotally connected at one end to said rests, hinges secured to said supports and pivotally connected with the other ends of said links, said pivotal connection permitting said arin rests to be moved into and out of operative position toward and away from the vertically disposed table top and said hinges permitting said arm rests to be turned down upon the seat beneath the horizontally disposed table top.

AXEL F. HJORT.

Witnesses:

JOHN EI-IRnNFRnrs, FRED. O. CUMMINGS.

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